1987: Sleepless Tonight

"It's been a few years, but nothing has changed." Lu Hao wandered around the Xingsheng Garment Factory.

Very lamented.

Each state-owned enterprise is a small kingdom.

When the state-owned units are not restructured or seeking changes, these places are small societies, self-contained, and also divided into boundaries, isolated from the outside world. Pride, because of birth, old age, sickness and death, there is almost no need to worry about it, and it can be settled here.

Of course, intrigue is inevitable.

After the liberalization of the market economy, the walls were washed down one by one, and the people living inside suddenly panicked.

I always want to find a place of peace in my life, and I always want others to be responsible for the safety of my life. How can there be such a good thing?

Along the way, Lu Hao met many employees of Xingsheng Garment Factory, many of whom were acquaintances.

"Boss Lu, are you here? Are you discussing how to solve the problem of Xingsheng Garment Factory?"

"People from the Textile Industry Bureau seem to be here. Boss Lu, can you watch us neighbors suffer and suffer without doing anything? You must save us."

"We all support you as the factory manager. That bastard Wang Mingde should have left long ago."

"We all support you. No matter what you do, as long as you can be the factory manager, we will wear a pair of pants with you."

"Boss Lu, can you tell the leaders of the Textile Industry Bureau to ask Wang Mingde to pay his wages later, and stop paying with clothes. What can those clothes do? They can't be sold, and they can be worn." No, this summer, who wears such thick clothes?"

All of them regarded Lu Hao as a savior, expressed their support for Lu Hao, and asked Lu Hao to say something nice in front of the leaders of the Textile Industry Bureau, and asked the factory to pay their wages.

"Don't worry guys, I will do my best, and the leaders of the Textile Industry Bureau will not sit idly by and ignore everyone's difficult situation. They are here this time to help you solve difficulties. You have to trust the leaders." Lu Hao one by one comforting.

He also spoke good words for the leaders of the Textile Industry Bureau.

Half of it is for show, and half of it is really sighing.

With Lu Hao's assurance, the flustered expression on the staff's face faded a little, and they left in a hurry.

"Boss Lu, it seems that you are very popular with Xingsheng Garment Factory." At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind.

Lu Hao turned his head and saw three people standing together.

These three people knew at a glance that they were the leaders, and combined with the existing information, Lu Hao immediately understood that these three people were either someone else or someone from the Textile Industry Bureau.

"The three are the leaders of the Textile Industry Bureau, right?" Lu Hao walked over with a smile and shook hands with the three, "After all, they worked in the Xingsheng Garment Factory and lived in the staff dormitory for a while. I know each other well, I’ve opened a department store and a beverage factory, and I’ve done some business, and everyone knows about it.”

"It's too difficult for the big guy, so I just want to grab the straw, but this matter must be subject to the arrangement of the Textile Industry Bureau. Let's see what the Textile Industry Bureau thinks. Where it can cooperate, I will definitely cooperate with all my strength."

This is to show his position to the three people. The Textile Industry Bureau is the main one, and he is cooperating.

Simply put, the Textile Industry Bureau is the boss.

It gave enough face to the Textile Industry Bureau, and it also gave enough face to the three of them.

Li Baoming smiled when he heard what Lu Hao said, "There are many units under the Textile Industry Bureau, including many large units, such as the No. [-] Cotton Textile Factory, the No. [-] Cotton Textile Factory, the No. [-] Cotton Textile Factory, and Jiangcheng Printing and dyeing factories, these are large factories with more than a thousand employees, but despite the size of these factories, the pressure they face is not small at all."

"These factories are located in Jiangcheng, including the province. They are big factories and can rank in the forefront, but they are nothing in the whole country. There are many competitors. If the products they produce have no advantages, they will be unsalable, and the consequences will be serious. But If we don’t care about it, then the province’s textile industry, textile enterprises, and textile products will not be able to compete with other provincial and municipal enterprises and products.”

"In this case, the city can only make a choice. Under the condition of limited resources, it can only put funds, technology, and support policies on the big factories, because this can ensure the survival of the big factories. Only in this way can the competitiveness of large factories be improved, and in order to prevent the products in the province from collapsing in the face of competitors from other provinces under the market economy."

Lu Hao nodded, "Actually, it's overproduction, the technology has improved, the output has increased, and the threshold has been relaxed, more units have joined this industry, the pressure of product competition is greater, and some companies cannot guarantee competition. A factory with no power can only be eliminated.”

The finances are tight, and the subsidies are not enough. We can only slowly guide the enterprise in the direction of marketization. When the children grow up, they have to let go, and those who cannot manage themselves can only go bankrupt and be dismissed. Market eliminated.

Natural society is the survival of the fittest, and the market economy is also the survival of the fittest. In nature, some animals have limited raising ability and can only ensure the survival of a certain number of cubs. If there are too many cubs, they can only actively kill some cubs. Otherwise, not only other cubs will not survive, but they may also be in danger.

The same holds true in a market economy.

"It's good for Boss Lu to think so. It's good that you can also understand the Bureau of Textile Industry and the difficulties in the city." Li Baoming nodded.

He looked up at Xingsheng Garment Factory, "The situation of Xingsheng Garment Factory needs to be led by a capable person, and maybe we can get out of the predicament."

The Textile Industry Bureau is actually more inclined to let Lu Hao take over the Xingsheng Garment Factory, but they are also worried that Lu Hao will make some excessive demands.

Because from the perspective of the Textile Industry Bureau, if Xingsheng Garment Factory still persists in the garment industry, it may be very difficult and the competition is too great. But if it does not engage in the garment industry, but if it does other things, the workers in the factory will not be competent, and they will still face layoffs At that time, these people will go to the news media, or go to the Textile Industry Bureau to make trouble, what should we do?

Take the example of the Xingsheng Garment Factory. Other textile companies that are facing bankruptcy and layoffs are also ready to move. If one is not handled properly, the situation will become very serious.

"Leader, to be honest, the general environment is such that the situation of Xingsheng Garment Factory is not one, but many. It is still very difficult to deal with it." Lu Hao said, "Transformation, do not make clothing, do other things, These employees are used to making clothes, and some of them work in clothing factories for most of their quilts, and they don’t know anything else. Letting them switch to other things is like letting them learn Mandarin, which is tantamount to killing them.”

"But if there is no transformation, the clothing business is so competitive that whoever takes over will have to invest a lot of money in the early stage. This is a bottomless pit, a gold-absorbing cave."